The HTC Desire is, remarkably, a mid-range smart phone with some amazing features that really make it seem like great value. HTC has established itself as the definite manufacturer of choice for the Android system, a system that has been doing extremely well for itself this year having rapidly expanded its market all of a sudden after a shaky start on Beta. This model, the HTC Desire, seems like an upgraded version of the earlier HTC Hero. That model was extremely successful on its own, so the Desire just adds a little extra to near perfection.
At just 11.9mm thick, the Desire is slim and sleek. Unlike many of the newer touch screens, it comes with real buttons on the bottom of the body as well as the 3.7 inch display. The 480 by 800 pixel resolution, with a super sharp AMOLED display, makes the screen a real beauty to behold as well as super responsive due to its capacitative nature. The built in pinch-to-zoom feature means that you can control the onscreen view easily with your fingers, zooming in and out as you please.
The version of Android the Desire runs is Android Eclair, with a HTC Sense interface and the super fast 1GHz Qualcom SnapDragon CPU. The Desire is really living up to the increasing expectations of a computer in a phone. The internal memory is impressive with a 576MB RAM, and the phone supports external memory of anything up to a massive 32GB. The 1400mAH battery means a long standby time, making the phone extremely reliable.
The 5 megapixel camera on the Desire includes face detection, auto focus and a flash. It is also capable of geo tagging due to the phone’s built in GPS receiver, supporting the HTC Footprints geo tagging software. The GPS receiver also works with Google Maps which is preinstalled, and has a digital compass.
The Desire’s music player is fully equipped to support almost all media formats and synchs easily with any Windows based computer. It also comes with an FM radio and a 3.5mm audio jack, meaning that you can attach and listen through any third party headphones.
When it comes to connectivity, the Desire’s 3G HSPA connection provides download speeds of up to 7.2Mbps. Alternatively, you can use Wi Fi to connect through WLAN for an even faster connection. Bluetooth 2.1 with enhanced data rate is another connection option, with a mini-USB connector and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets as well.
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